Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suzhou Firefly Information Technology Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is reviewed by a different individual. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners provides the company with two separate points of contact at the office. The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, reflecting a moderate level of technical variety within the mechanical systems field.
TRAN, JULIA C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. This represents one of the 2 pending office actions currently active. With 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units, the company must ensure that its technical arguments are consistent while also addressing the specific requirements of each art unit. Practitioners should monitor the 2 pending office actions to identify how the 2 distinct examiners apply the standards of their respective art units.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| TRAN, JULIA C | 1 | 62.5% | +31.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18604316 | PERFORATOR FOR LAWN AERATOR AND LAWN AERATOR HAVING SAME | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18604299 | PERFORATOR FOR LAWN AERATOR AND LAWN AERATOR HAVING SAME | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| 18604316 | PERFORATOR FOR LAWN AERATOR AND LAWN AERATOR HAVING SAME | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18604299 | PERFORATOR FOR LAWN AERATOR AND LAWN AERATOR HAVING SAME | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3672 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18604316 | PERFORATOR FOR LAWN AERATOR AND LAWN AERATOR HAVING SAME | TRAN, JULIA C | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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